Qur'anic hermeneutics

Qur'anic hermeneutics

Qur'anic hermeneutics is the study of theories of the interpretation and understanding of the Qur'an, the Muslim holy book. Throughout religious history, Qur'anic scholars have sought to mine the wealth of its meanings by developing a variety of different systems of hermeneutics.

External links

* [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/journals/ssr/issues/volume5/number1/ssr05_01_e03.html Principles of Qur’anic Hermeneutics]
* [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/journals/ssr/issues/volume5/number1/ssr05_01_e02.html Learning to Ask Questions: the Cases of Abraham and Noah (p) in the Quran]
* [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/journals/ssr/issues/volume5/number1/ssr05_01_e01.html The Nature of Scriptural Reasoning in Islam]


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